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Owner’s Manual MOON CD-1 CD Player[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install ne[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Important Safety Instructions (cont’d) The lightning flash with the arrowhead symb ol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffic ient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Table of Contents Congratulations ............................................... 5 Unpacking and Warnings ................................... 5 Introduction .................................................... 6 Installation & Placement ................................... 6 Front Panel Controls .............................[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Congratulations! Thank you for selecting the MOON CD-1 CD Player a s a p a r t o f y o u r h i - f i r e p r o d u c t i o n s y s t e m . T h i s C D P l a y e r h a s b e e n designed to offer state-of-the-art high-end performance in an elegant package, while retain ing all the sonic hallmarks on which Simaudio has made its re[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Introduction Your MOON CD-1 CD Player incorporates many significant design features to achieve its “world class” level of performance. This is an abbreviated list of the more important features: 8 stages of DC voltage regulation. Internal upsampling which uses 24-bit/352.8kHz processing. Proprietary CD drive system with in-h[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Front Panel Controls Figure 1: MOON CD-1 Front panel The front panel will look similar to Figure 1 (above). The large digital display window indicates the track number of the compact disc currently playing (or the total number of tracks in stop mode) and time information. The “Standby” button disengages the tran sport mechan[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Rear Panel Connections Figure 2: MOON CD-1 Rear panel The rear panel will look similar to Figure 2 ( a b o v e ) . O n t h e l e f t s i d e i s t h e a n a l og audio output. There is one pair of RCA analog audio output connectors labeled “ANALOG OUT” that you sh ould connect to a stereo analog input on your preamplifier or[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player SimLink ™ The SimLink™ provides communication features between various MOON components. For example, if you were to connect the CD-1 to the i-1 via the SimLink™, pressing the X (play) button on the CD-1 will cause the i-1 to automatically switch to the input labelled ‘CD’. A second featur e of SimLink™ involves the ?[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Remote Control Operation The MOON CD-1 CD Player uses the ‘CRM’ full-function remote control (figure 3). It operates on the Philips RC-5 communication protocol an d is can be used with other Simaudio MOON components. The ‘CRM’ remote uses two AA batteries (inclu ded). To install them, simply slide the back plate off in t[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Remote Control Operation (continued) The “DISPLAY” button allows you to scroll through the four (4) different display modes for time information, as well as turn the digital display on and off. Each time you press the “displ ay” button, the system scrolls to the next time information mode . Bt default, the CD-1 will disp[...]
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Specifications Configuration ......................................................... S ingle-ended Power Supply Tran sformer ....................................... 25V A Power Supply Capacita nce ...................................... 13,200µF Transport Mechan ism ............................................. Proprietary Des[...]